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On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 23:49:28 +0100 Stipe Tolj wrote:

Stipe> I think the problem with the POSIX style root splitting is that most
Stipe> open source packages that use autoconf's configure scripts do assume
Stipe> /usr/local as there default home.

Yep. That's because it should go there if you compile it locally. As a
"package maintainer" you can use --prefix to send it somewhere else. I
haven't found packages that didn't work in /opt, it's just they don't
go there by themself.

Greetings,
Jochen
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